1.15.2012

But if you want to take action against some dehumanizing injustice, have a look at this post, brought to my attention by Elizabeth. I guess I should give trigger warnings, because the description of how this family was treated at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia made me feel sick. That's why the picture to the left is here: I find that when I read things like this, I have to go look at pictures of Maybelle, to ground myself. No matter what sort of bullshit the world believes, she is a person who deserves to be here.

Then read one of Elizabeth's responses, which contains a link to a Change.org petition. I'm not going to give you the petition link directly here because I want you to go read Elizabeth's post. Her list of quotations about the value of human life--how recognition of that value is maintained and destroyed--is quite wonderful.

So glad your family likes "Slow Down" (originally called "Traffic," but Maybelle has renamed it "Slow Down"). This is the first public appearance it's made since Biffle's Singing Sgt. Washington days back in Nashville.

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Alison Piepmeier was a professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the College of Charleston, and much, much more. When she wasn't working to bring down the patriarchy, she wrote here and elsewhere about feminist disability studies, Zines, her ugly car, and an eclectic range of topics. She also wrote about the brain tumor that eventually caused her death on August 12, 2016, at the age of 43.
Twitter: @alisonpiepmeier